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service in that territory.
This being the case he is
pensionable
clearly ineligible for the payment of £149.10.0. from
Subhead F suggested in your official letter of 21st
December 1932, as this Subhead is available only to meet
payments which would have been made from Wei-hai-Wei
funds prior to the rendition in respect of prasulable
service in that territory. As the Colonial Office have
said that his service in that territory was not pension-
able I cannot understand why this payment from Subhead F
is now proposed, and should be grateful if you would
explain. I may add that I have made prolonged research
into the papers dealing with Russell Brown's appointment
to Wei-hai-Wei and cannot find any evidence that there
was any intention that this service was to be pensionable;
it appears indeed from other papers dealing with Wei-hai-
Wei that under the Pension Ordinance of that territory
there was no provision for the payment of pension to the
Commissioner.
Yours sincerely,
Ellley.
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